10+ Year Member

The curriculum has changed a lot since I finished my second year. I felt that year 1 was great. The notes were generally good. I felt that the second year was a mess since that block system led to having a large amounts of exams at one time. There were way too many classes during 2nd year. Therefore, I tried skipping a few classes and study on my own, which helped a lot. The notes were not that great also during second year. There are excellent teachers and bad teachers at NYCOM. You just have to self-motivated and diligent with your studies.

10+ Year Member

Youre kidding yourself. It takes an hour, maybe a little less if your lucky.

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Actually, if you take the train from nearby areas such as Port Washington, Mineola, and Greenvale, then it is a 30 min train ride. Driving into the city is completely different story depending on the time of day. From Massapequa (where I live), it takes slightly less than than hour if you go by train.

7+ Year Member

1) The tools to both succeed and have a good time... whether it be the technology (most lectures taped and put streaming online, free PDAs, etc), or having the school pay for 250+ people to attend the AOA Convention in New Orleans for 4 days (great time), if you work hard, you can play hard too, and you will become a fine doctor in the end.

2) Rotations- the best of the DO world, easily. Unlike the great majority of DO schools, you dont have to move all over the state, or country, in third and fourth year. 80% of the rotation sites are located in the metro NYC area, and no one really has to move unless they want to. This is huge... think about living in a run-down dorm room on some hospital campus in some strange state for 6-10 weeks... it sucks. Luckily we avoid this by having some great sites within a commutable distance. The sites themselves are quality too... hospitals affiliated with the likes of Cornell, Yale, Einstein, etc...

3) The patient population- probably more diverse that anywhere else in the country.

4) the match, copied below courtesy of another poster. Very respectable and on par with any of the state NY schools...

7+ Year Member

I think PM&R in general has gotten much more popular over the past few years. It's got a great lifestyle, the residency isnt bad at all, you can specialize in things like sports med or pain management make a bundle, and the outlook for the profession as the baby boomers age with an increasing life expectancy is going to throw a ton of patients and work in the direction of rehabilitation. What may have killed a patient 20 years ago now may not, hence rehab is of more importance.

PM&R loves DOs too, as they're already trained in much of the biomechanics that are stressed throughout residency.

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I think PM&R in general has gotten much more popular over the past few years. It's got a great lifestyle, the residency isnt bad at all, you can specialize in things like sports med or pain management make a bundle, and the outlook for the profession as the baby boomers age with an increasing life expectancy is going to throw a ton of patients and work in the direction of rehabilitation. What may have killed a patient 20 years ago now may not, hence rehab is of more importance.

PM&R loves DOs too, as they're already trained in much of the biomechanics that are stressed throughout residency.

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Thank you for your reply, oceandoc.

When you say "great lifestyle" and "residency isn't bad at all," what exactly do you mean? How many hours do PM&R docs typically work during residency? What is a typical call schedule? (Maybe I should post this in the PM&R forum!)

7+ Year Member

I'm not sure if I can offer quantitative facts for call schedules or the like, but rehab medicine isnt something that's extremely fast-paced. It's mostly a 7-4ish type job, at least if you're hospital-based. Call isnt too bad, I've heard q5-7 as averages. As far as the "great lifestyle".... it's a nice job with okay money, minimal stress, malleable hours, and a good job outlook for the reasons I described above.

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Thank you for your reply, oceandoc.

When you say "great lifestyle" and "residency isn't bad at all," what exactly do you mean? How many hours do PM&R docs typically work during residency? What is a typical call schedule? (Maybe I should post this in the PM&R forum!)